Expert-Led Training: Proven Methods, Real Transformations

Are you ready for the next step in your journey with your dog? Are you ready to communicate in a way few have explored? You’ve heard of it! You know you want to do it! You can! And so can your dog! Teaching dogs the concept of mimicry has come to the attention of many dog trainers through the work of Claudia Fugazza and Ken Ramirez. In this course, you’ll explore the cognitive abilities of your dog and how they view your behavior in relation to their own. You’ll learn a step-by-step protocol to teach your dog to mimic your behavior and then transfer that understanding in the teaching of new, unknown behaviors. In teaching your dog to imitate and mimic the behaviors you demonstrate, you'll achieve a unique way to connect and communicate to your dog, and I can’t wait to share that with you!

Dog training is like balancing on a tightrope. We want our dogs to be happy, engaged and motivated. Yet we also need precision which often leads to a loss of enthusiasm. It’s a delicate dance. Once dogs have learned the exercises it becomes a challenge to maintain them. Dogs get bored, they lose enthusiasm and the exercises degrade. In this class we will look at a variety of strategies and games to maintain motivation for all exercises. You will learn how to get precision without losing animation. We will look at using aides to help achieve balance and, more importantly, how to fade them. You will learn how to break exercises down to keep the pieces fun and exciting without losing accuracy. You will learn how to use backchaining, jackpot training and how to handle anticipation. You will also learn how to balance your dog’s arousal to ensure they are in an optimal state to perform at a high level. Whether you are starting to put the pieces together or your dog is competing, this course will help you maintain enthusiasm without losing precision.

Are you fed up with "just managing" your lungy barky dog in the moment? You can AMP up your management with an Active Management Plan! Don't improvise, don't "make it up as you go along." Give yourself the gift of preparation, and let's show your dog what to do when life gets hard!

Most importantly, do you want to be one of those people who always seem to know how to adjust their training to optimize results?

Do you have a dog that chases the ball, yet won’t bring it back? Plays keep away with toys? Tugs but won’t let go? Bites you instead of the tug? Obsesses over toys, yet won’t listen to a single thing you say? Is your dog so high in drive for toys that they can’t think? Or do you just want to channel that prey drive right from the beginning and add the attitude your dog has for tugging or chasing toys to the obedience or agility ring?